Leading Causes of Death among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1999 through 2020
Children and adolescents are defined as persons 1 to 19 years of age. Link to original article here, which is discussed in greater detail here.
Wastewater Surveillance
Wastewater SARS-CoV-2 levels are currently low in the City of Brookings.
Thanks to the Water Department at Brookings Municipal Utilities and Drs. McFarland and Huber at USD for the availability of these data.
Updates
Brookings County (low community level; high community transmission [% test positivity = 23% vs. 24% last week])
- Only 18% of people 18 years of age and older in Brookings County have received the updated bivalent booster (link to data here).
- 9,548 total cases: 8 new cases this week vs. 15 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
- 12% were under 20 years of age (vs. 13% in previous week)
- 63% were 20-39 years (vs. 27% in previous week)
- 25% were 40-59 years (vs. 20% in previous week)
- 0% were 60 years or older (vs. 40% in previous week)
- 257 Brookings County residents have been hospitalized with COVID: 1 hospitalization posted this past week compared to 0 in the previous week.
- Currently, the percentage of staffed beds that are COVID-occupied in the Sioux Empire region is 2.2% (compared to 2.5% last week), and 21.2% of the total hospital beds are available (compared to 23.9% last week).
- 67 Brookings County residents have died of COVID: 0 new deaths were reported this past week compared to 0 deaths in the previous week.
South Dakota (low community level; high community transmission [% test positivity = 20-24.9% vs. 20-24.9% last week])
- Only 21% of people 18 years of age and older in South Dakota have received the updated bivalent booster (link to data here).
- 281,008 cases: 483 new cases this week vs. 643 in the previous week. Of the new cases this past week:
- 17% were under 20 years of age (vs. 19% in previous week)
- 24% were 20-39 years (vs. 22% in previous week)
- 23% were 40-59 years (vs. 21% in previous week)
- 36% were 60 years or older (vs. 37% in previous week)
- 12,667 South Dakota residents have been admitted to in-state hospitals with COVID: 17 were admitted this week vs. 31 last week. Of the new hospital admissions this past week:
- 6% were under 20 years of age (vs. 3% in previous week)
- 6% were 20-39 years (vs. 0% in previous week)
- 0% were 40-59 years (vs. 29% in previous week)
- 88% were 60 years or older (vs. 68% in previous week)
- 41 people are currently hospitalized vs. 44 last Wednesday (7 currently in the ICU vs. 7 last week).
- Currently, the percentage of staffed beds statewide that are COVID-occupied is 1.9% (compared to 2.1% last week), and 33.2% of the total hospital beds are available (compared to 34.9% last week).
- 3,209 South Dakotans have died from COVID: 5 new deaths reported this week vs. 4 in the previous week. Of the deaths this past week, all were aged 60 years or older.
USA
- 106.1 million cases: 132,532 new cases this week vs. 322,138 in the previous week
- 1.15 million total deaths: 2,090 deaths this week vs. 2,629 in the previous week
Worldwide
- 683.5 million cases: 761,910 cases this week vs. 993,132 million in the previous week
- 6.82 million deaths: 7,023 deaths this week vs. 8,038 in the previous week
Take care of yourself and each other.
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